Patents by Inventor Joshua Schlafer

Joshua Schlafer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10585688
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein for generating service tickets. Embodiments include receiving first button data from an internet-of-things (IOT) button, the first button data comprising button identification information that uniquely identifies the IOT button and first button state information that specifies a button state, from a plurality of button states, of the IOT button, wherein the first button data corresponds to a first button press of the IOT button. The first button data is processed using a custom function associated with a service provider to cause: determining, based on the button identification information, a service location associated with the first button press; determining, based on the first button state information, a service issue associated with the first button press; and generating a service ticket corresponding to the first button press, wherein the service ticket indicates the service location and the service issue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: E. Robert Duffy, Joshua Schlafer
  • Publication number: 20190278618
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein for generating service tickets. Embodiments include receiving first button data from an internet-of-things (IOT) button, the first button data comprising button identification information that uniquely identifies the IOT button and first button state information that specifies a button state, from a plurality of button states, of the IOT button, wherein the first button data corresponds to a first button press of the IOT button. The first button data is processed using a custom function associated with a service provider to cause: determining, based on the button identification information, a service location associated with the first button press; determining, based on the first button state information, a service issue associated with the first button press; and generating a service ticket corresponding to the first button press, wherein the service ticket indicates the service location and the service issue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: E. ROBERT DUFFY, Joshua Schlafer